Jets: Who's at cornerback?

A look at some options as the injury-plagued Jets try to decide on starting cornerbacks:

1. For the moment, they are going with safety Antonio Allen and special-teams stalwart Ellis Lankster. Allen will try to make a difficult transition in a short time. Lankster has yet to prove himself as an every-down corner.

2. The plan is for veteran Dimitri Patterson to start once he returns from nagging leg woes. But he has been injury-prone in recent years and one wonders whether he can make it through the season.

3. Then there is Darrin Walls, who briefly replaced Dee Milliner in the starting lineup last season, and New England castoff Ras-I Dowling. Both will get looks. The Jets also figure to seek out veteran cornerbacks who get cut on Labor Day weekend.